Oil-can



(No M01181.) 5

A. 'HITT.

OIL CAN.

No. 555,318. Patented Feb. 25, 1896.

WITNESSES: v I INVENTOB ATTORNEY NrrEn STATES ADRIAN HITT, OF JERSEYCITY, NElV JERSEY.

OIL-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 555,318, dated February25, 1896.

Application filed June 12,1895. Serial No. 552,507. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADRIAN HITT, a citizen of the United States,residing in Jersey City, Hudson county, State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Oil- Cans, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates especially to cans designed for applying oil'tobicycles and ma chinery of any kind, and has for its object theprovision of a can having a spout which may be folded or turned backupon the body of the can, out of the way, and in the'case of a small canproviding an oiler which may be carried in the pocket.

To attain the desired end my invention consists essentially in anoil-reservoir or canbody, in combination with a swiveled spout adaptedand arranged to fold or turn back upon the can-body; and my inventionalso involves certain other novel and useful combinations orarrangements of parts and pe culiarities of construction and operation,all of which will be hereinafter first fully described and then pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure 1 is a sideelevation of my oil-can. Fig. 2 is an end elevation looking from theleft. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the can.

Similar numerals of reference, wherever they occur, indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

The oil-can illustrated in the drawings is designed particularly forcarrying in the pocket, but I do not confine myself to any particularshape or size.

1 is the body of the can, made of any approved material.

2 is the filler, bearing a swiveling cap 3, to which is connected anejecting-spout 4.. In 1 this spout is illustrated as turned back alongthe side of the can in full lines, and is dotted in the position it willtake when turned away from the can-body. In Fig. 3 the spout anyconvenient angle in supplying oil to a bearing.

In order to completely close the outlet-opening from the spout, Iprovide a disk of soft rubber or equivalent material 5, mounted upon apin 6, extending from the side of the can-body. lVhen the spout isfolded or turned along the can-body, its end comes in contact with thisrotatable disk 5 and presses into the material thereof, efiectuallypreventing any escape of oil. By permitting the disk 5 to rotate whenthe open end of the spout strikes it and presses into its yieldingsurface, a new contact is insured each time the spout is opened andclosed, preventing the metal thereof cutting into or wearing the disk atone point, allowing the escape of oil. The limit of movement of thespout is obtained by means of a stop-pin 7.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new therein,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An oil-can, in which is comprised a body for holding oil; an offsetat one extremity of said body wherein is mounted a filler; a swiveledspout mounted upon said filler; a stop against which the spout strikeswhen closed, and arotatable disk of soft material arranged to close thespout-opening, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination with the body of an oilcan, of a swiveled spoutadapted and arranged to fold or turn back upon the can-body,

and a closing disk of soft material rotatably mounted upon the canbody,substantially as shown and described.

ADRIAN HITT.

Witnesses:

E. D. WRIGHT, A. M. PIERCE.

